The subject investigated by this study is:
the nature of the need for community health
information services (CHIS) in South Africa, with
special reference to Bloemfontein and Mangaung.
An exploratory study has been used to achieve the research
objectives. The methods used are review of the literature,
case study and a survey. The techniques used are a
questionnaire, schedule and interview.
A review of health care, emphasizing primary health care as
a backgound to health education and information, is given.
The role of different types of libraries and the librarian
is discussed.
Reasons for the development of community health information,
the distribution of CHIS overseas and their functioning are
described.
An investigation was done in Bloemfontein and Mangaung to
gauge the need for CHIS and the nature of health
information. A model has been formulated, based on this survey and the literature review

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